Counterpoint: I've seen the fallout when you get teams of very smart technical people who don't have the product management skill set. They: - Prioritize buil

Counterpoint: I've seen the fallout when you get teams of very smart technical people who don't have the product management skill set. They: - Prioritize building the wrong thing - Don't prioritize customer interviews and think they know what is best for users, which can be a double whammy when you consider social skills are not always a strength of very technical people - Don't understand the role marketing or sales plays in the success of the product because of their limited understanding of those roles and preconceived notions that prevent them from collaborating effectively I've also met plenty of supposed technical people who fail to ship code or grasp some of the technical concepts for the work they are supporting.